Comments on: Potential Security Problem with Google Mail http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2007/04/potential-security-problem-with-google-mail/ A group link blog about sex and sexuality. This site contains adult content which may include images, soundsand videos of a sexually explicit nature. If you are under 18, please leave the site now. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:59:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Curvaceous Dee http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2007/04/potential-security-problem-with-google-mail/#comment-1617 Curvaceous Dee Tue, 08 May 2007 08:17:00 +0000 http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2007/04/23/potential-security-problem-with-google-mail/#comment-1617 Goodness! Thanks for the heads up on this - it's very useful to be aware of.<br/><br/>xx Dee Goodness! Thanks for the heads up on this - it’s very useful to be aware of.

xx Dee

]]> By: Odysseus http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2007/04/potential-security-problem-with-google-mail/#comment-1615 Odysseus Thu, 03 May 2007 16:15:00 +0000 http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2007/04/23/potential-security-problem-with-google-mail/#comment-1615 happened to me, too. luckily i caught it before anything uncomfortable happened. now i only log in via the actual account i want to use. happened to me, too. luckily i caught it before anything uncomfortable happened. now i only log in via the actual account i want to use.

]]> By: quips http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2007/04/potential-security-problem-with-google-mail/#comment-1609 quips Tue, 01 May 2007 20:42:00 +0000 http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2007/04/23/potential-security-problem-with-google-mail/#comment-1609 Thank you for this post. It was very considerate of you to share this w/ your fellow naughty bloggers. Yikes! I can imagine all kinds of trouble with this type of thing. Kudos. <br/><a HREF="http://quipsandchains.com/" REL="nofollow">Quips & Chains Fetish Blog</a>. Thank you for this post. It was very considerate of you to share this w/ your fellow naughty bloggers. Yikes! I can imagine all kinds of trouble with this type of thing. Kudos.
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]]> By: Scarlet http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2007/04/potential-security-problem-with-google-mail/#comment-1607 Scarlet Tue, 01 May 2007 17:09:00 +0000 http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2007/04/23/potential-security-problem-with-google-mail/#comment-1607 Many thanks to O for bringing this to my attention in the first place, and to you Viviane for posting it here where so many people will find it. Always good to know how to protect ourselves<br/><br/>Scarlet x Many thanks to O for bringing this to my attention in the first place, and to you Viviane for posting it here where so many people will find it. Always good to know how to protect ourselves

Scarlet x

]]> By: Anastasia http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2007/04/potential-security-problem-with-google-mail/#comment-1597 Anastasia Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:43:00 +0000 http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2007/04/23/potential-security-problem-with-google-mail/#comment-1597 This has happened to me but in the reverse. I had an email yesterday from a person (who I'm now presuming, uses Gmail as their 'from address' or something), and noticed that the bottom of that email had an Outlook attachment. At first I thought it was a media file, I clicked on it, and it requested me to use Outlook to open it, and then what did I get? I got all their details, their professional title, as well as their place of work. <br/><br/>Fair enough, their email address did feature their place of work, but that's not enough to isolate anything else, but this 'vcf' file, which is like a calling card, once opened with Outlook, contained their contact phone number and I haven't told them, because I don't want to freak them out. This has happened to me but in the reverse. I had an email yesterday from a person (who I’m now presuming, uses Gmail as their ‘from address’ or something), and noticed that the bottom of that email had an Outlook attachment. At first I thought it was a media file, I clicked on it, and it requested me to use Outlook to open it, and then what did I get? I got all their details, their professional title, as well as their place of work.

Fair enough, their email address did feature their place of work, but that’s not enough to isolate anything else, but this ‘vcf’ file, which is like a calling card, once opened with Outlook, contained their contact phone number and I haven’t told them, because I don’t want to freak them out.

]]> By: O http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2007/04/potential-security-problem-with-google-mail/#comment-1596 O Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:30:00 +0000 http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2007/04/23/potential-security-problem-with-google-mail/#comment-1596 Viviane,<br/>Thank you for this, I'll cross-post as soon as I can.<br/><br/>AAG,<br/>It's not a weird fluke, unfortunately. "It's not a bug, it's a feature." Look at what gmail says at the link Viviane posted:<br/><br/><b>Note : your Gmail address will still be included in your email headers in the sender field, to help prevent your mail from being marked as spam. Most email clients do not display the sender field, though some versions of Microsoft Outlook may display " From customaddress@domain.com on behalf of yourusername@gmail.com."</b><br/><br/>Bottom line: don't answer email from any account but the one it was sent to, and do not enable the function that allows you to reply "from" a different address. Viviane,
Thank you for this, I’ll cross-post as soon as I can.

AAG,
It’s not a weird fluke, unfortunately. “It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.” Look at what gmail says at the link Viviane posted:

Note : your Gmail address will still be included in your email headers in the sender field, to help prevent your mail from being marked as spam. Most email clients do not display the sender field, though some versions of Microsoft Outlook may display ” From customaddress@domain.com on behalf of yourusername@gmail.com.”

Bottom line: don’t answer email from any account but the one it was sent to, and do not enable the function that allows you to reply “from” a different address.

]]> By: AlwaysArousedGirl http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2007/04/potential-security-problem-with-google-mail/#comment-1595 AlwaysArousedGirl Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:05:00 +0000 http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2007/04/23/potential-security-problem-with-google-mail/#comment-1595 So glad you wrote this, Smart Girl Viviane. I sincerely hope this was just a weird fluke because I love having all my accounts together.<br/><br/>Thank you! So glad you wrote this, Smart Girl Viviane. I sincerely hope this was just a weird fluke because I love having all my accounts together.

Thank you!

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